Millcreek man charged with possessing child pornography

State investigators accuse a Millcreek Township man of possessing and disseminating images of child pornography.

Agents with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office charge that Randy D. Peters, 54, possessed images that were found during an online investigation that was launched in November.

Five files found online appeared to depict child pornography, and Peters possessed at least 13 other images and videos of the pornography, according to the criminal complaint filed in the case.

Agents traced the materials through an Internet service to a residence on Treetop Drive and served a search warrant there on Thursday. At least two computers were seized, according to the affidavit of probable cause filed with the complaint.

Agents said they interviewed Peters and he admitted to viewing and downloading child pornography, according to the affidavit.

Peters, of the 1600 block of Treetop Drive, was taken into custody and was arraigned Thursday night by Greene Township District Judge Susan Strohmeyer on five counts of disseminating photos or film of child sex acts, 13 counts of child pornography and one count of criminal use of a communication facility. He remained in the Erie County Prison on $100,000 bond Friday.

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